Grain-weigher



A. WIDIC'K.

GRAIN WBIGHER.

Patented Nov. 8, 1892.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES Pmi-Nr Serien.

ALBERT VIDIC'K, OF ARGONIA, KANSAS.

GRAIN-WEIGHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,779, dated November8, 1892.

Application iled November 12,1891. Renewed October 6, 1892. Serial No.48,082. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT W1DIoK,a citizen of the United States,residing at Argonia, in the county of Sumner and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Weighers; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in automatic grain-measuringmachines; and it consists in the peculiar construction, certain novelcombinations, and the adaptation of parts hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim appended.

In the accompanyingr drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of myimproved machine. Fig. 2 is a detail vertical transverse section takenin the plane indicated by the line w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection of the revoluble. measuring-box removed. Fig. 4 is a detail sideelevation of one of the collars or disks having the radially-disposedsockets at diametrically-opposite points in their peripheries and thestationary lugs I for engaging said collars, the side wall of the casingbeing broken away.

In the said drawings similar letters designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, referring to which- A indicates the maincasing of my improved machine, which is preferably of the rectangularform illustrated and is provided with the hopper-shaped bottom B, thecentral discharge-opening of which may be connected with a conveyer, ifdesirable.

C indicates the measuringbox of my improved machine, which comprises thevertical side Walls and the diagonal partition-Wall D, which extendsfrom the rear upper transverse edge of the box to the forward lowertransverse edge thereof and forms the bottom of the respective bins E,which are designed to receive the grain to be measured, as will bepresently disclosed.

Suitably connected to the vertical side walls of the measuring-box C, asbetter shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, are flanged collars or disks F,from the center of which extend lateral sleeves or sockets G, which takethrough the vertical guide-slots H in the side walls of the main casingA and are designed for a purpose presently to be described.

The collars or disks F, as illustrated, are provided atdiametrically-opposite points in their peripheries withradially-disposed sockets I, which are designed to be alternatelyengaged by stationary depending lugs J when the measuring-box is in theposition illustrated in Fig. 2, whereby the nleasuringbox will beprevented from casual movement while each of the bins E is being filled.

The stationary lugs lJ, as better shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings,depend from, preferably, integral plates K, which are fixedly connectedto the inside of the side walls ot' the,

casing above the vertical guide-slots H therein.

M indicates the weighing-beam of my improved machine, the forward mainportion N of which merges into the branches P, which straddle the casingA, and are provided at their ends with inwardly directed lateralbranches a, which take into the lateral sockets G of the measuring-boxand form the pivot-bearings of said box. These branches P, as betterillustrated in Fig. l of the drawings, are pivotally connected to orfulcrumed upon the side walls of the casing A adjacent to the forwardend thereof for a purpose presently stated.

Adj ustably mounted on the straight main portion of the Weighing-beam Mis the counterbalance pea or weight Q, which is provided with aset-screw b, whereby it may be fixed at a proper point on the beam withrespect to the capacity of the bins E of the measuring-box C ortheamount of grain to be measured at each revolution of said box.

The forward end of the weighing-beam M takes loosely through the slot inthe upright S, which is provided with transverse apertures, as shown, toreceive transverse plugs or bolts c, which serve in practice to limitthe vibration of the said weighing-beam.

Fulcrumed upon an upright T, rising from the front wall of the casing A,is a lever U, which is connected at its forward end to the forward endof the weighing-beam M by a link V, as shown.

Pivotally mounted in the feed-conveyor Y is a cut-off valve W, one ofthe trunnions of which is extended, as illustrated, and formed into acrank, which is connectedl by a short link to the rear end of the leverU, whereby it Will be seen that when the lforward end of theWeighing-beam M is raised the valve W will be closed and the feed ofg'rain stopped.

It is obvious that in practice any Valve suitable to the purposes of myinvention might be employed, and I therefore do not desire to beconfined to the construction oi valve illustrated.

In operation it will be seen that when the measuring-box is empty theweightQ,tl1rough the medium of the beam M, will raise said boX, so thatthe sockets in the disks or collars F will be engaged by the dependinglng-s J. At the same time the measuring-box is raised the Valve W willbe opened and the `sgrain will flow from the feed-conveyer Y into one ofthe bins E of the measuring-box C until the weight thereof is sufficientto overcome the counterbalance weight or pea, when the measuring-boxwill fall, so as to disengage the sockets in the collars F from thedepending lugs J, when the box will revolve,the bin will be emptied, andthe other' bin brought into position to be filled.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my improved machine, yet I do notdesire to be confined to such construction, as such modifications may bemade as fairly fall within the scope of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

In agrain-m easurine,r Inachine,substantially as described, thecombination,with the main casing` having.;` vertical gnideslots in itsside walls and the depending,r lugs rigidly connected to the inside ofthe side walls above said guide-slots, of the vertica1lymovable andrevoluble measuring-box comprising the vertical side Walls and thediagonal partition- Wall, the flanged disks or collars connected toopposite side walls of said box and having lateral sockets adapted tomove in the guideslots of the casing,theradially-disposed sockets formedat diam etrically-opposite points in the disks or collars and adapted toengage the depending lugs of the casing', the weight-beam havingF thebranches straddlinn,r the casi ng and pivotally connected to the sidesthereof and to the lateral sockets of the measuring-box, and a pea orcounterbalance-weight mounted on said beam, substantially as speciiied.

In testimony whereof I aitiix my signature in presence of tivowitnesses.

ALBERT VVIDICK. Witnesses:

G. W. MoNYHoN, J. E. CARR.

